Whitworth Valley Angling Society

Match Results Seniors

2018 Results

Lee Bramwell wins the Fur & Feather which is the last match of the 2018 fixtures._______________________________________________________________________Well done to Eddy winning the 5th and final Winter League match of 2018.Congratulations go to Tim winning the Winter League for 2018 with Eddy in second place and Lee Bramwell in 3rd place.

_______________________________________________________________________Congratulations to Tim winning the 4th Winter League match at Lane Head. With one match remaining, Tim leads the league on 13 points with Eddy in second place with 9 points._______________________________________________________________________Well done to Tim winning the 3rd Winter Leaguematch at Bradshaws. Tim caught carp & F1s consistently down the edge._______________________________________________________________________Congratulations to John winning the second of the Winter League Series. John fished feeder across on peg 2 to catch carp and also pole._______________________________________________________________________Well done to Lee in winning the first of the Winter League matches._______________________________________________________________________The final match of the season was for the new 'Shoot The Moon' trophy, which was kindly sponsored by Oliver Zebedee-Howard. And fittingly, the first name on the new Trophy will actually be Olly himself! Basically he had it won in the first 45 minutes with four cracking carp in peg 5. Also, the last match of the season was going to determine the Club Champion for 2018. Simon Newsham lead Craig Gorton by a single point but Simon did not fish the last match so it was left to Craig to try and get 2 points or more to take the Championship, which he managed to do by 1oz from his dad, Mick. Click here for the full LEAGUE results.

Well done to Craig! Our new Club Champion for 2018!!!

_______________________________________________________________________The Chairmans cup was won by Nigel Ashworth. Simon Newsham heads the league on 26 points going into the last match of the season closely followed by Craig Gorton on 25 points. _______________________________________________________________________Simon wins the Rochdale Trophy Plate in peg 18._______________________________________________________________________Danny Keenan wins the Arthur Cooper Memorial Shield in style at Partridge Lakes.

_______________________________________________________________________A great win for Tim and Martin in the pairs match. Also well done to Tim with a personal best on Lane Head of 23lb 8oz._______________________________________________________________________Simon wins the Rudyard Cup at Moss Farm. Also worth a mention was a personal best for Mark with 43lb 12oz._______________________________________________________________________WVAS win the second leg of the challenge match against Rochdale Waltons. The total is incorrect on the sheet for Waltons and should read 52.The overall combined score for the 2 legs was WVAS 165 points and Waltons 107.Well done to Olly winning the second leg with a fantastic weight of 23lb 2 oz._______________________________________________________________________Jimmy Byrne wins the Homewaters Trophy in style by setting a new match record! Also a mention for Lee with his personal best match weight at Lane Head._______________________________________________________________________WVAS have a healthy 26 point lead after the first leg of the challenge matches against Rochdale Waltons. Well done to Danny, winning the match with 26lb 8oz out of peg 1._______________________________________________________________________Craig Gorton wins the Calvin Clarkson Trophy on the 3rd of our away matches at Bradshaw Hall Fisheries on lake 3 (anyone got a spare bib!). This means that Craig now has a 4 point lead at the top of the league table._______________________________________________________________________Colin Whitehead, using his secret ground bait additive, spawned off his mate Ian Heaps, wins the Stanley Pell cup. Eddy Hegarty gets second place to kick start his charge up the league table in an attempt to win the league three years on the bounce!_______________________________________________________________________In one of the best starts to the new match season, Danny Keenan wins the Ronnie Bartrum Memorial Shield with a new club record weight of 181lb!!Unfortunately for Simon, his match record set a few weeks earlier didn't stand long.Some fantastic weights all round but also worth a mention are 3 new personal bests. Craig Gorton, Tim Clegg and Lee O'Loughlin (64lb).Over 1000lb of fish were caught by the 19 anglers who fished!!_______________________________________________________________________Well done to Andy Rowden for winning the G.A. Electrical Trophy at Lane Head.Craig Gorton heads up the League table after the first 3 matches with 8 points!_______________________________________________________________________Congratulations go to Simon Newsham for winning the Canal Cup at Hall Lane Fishery. Simon's weight of 164lb is a new club match record!!Will anyone beat that weight this year for the Best weight Trophy? It's a tall order but still a possibility on some of the venues that are coming up.

A few other photo's from the day - Jimmy Byrne, Lee O'Loughlin and Oliver Zebedee-Howard._______________________________________________________________________Well done to Craig Gorton, winning the first match of the season which is the Work Party Trophy.2017 ResultsIn an emphatic victory, Nigel Ashworth wins the Fur & Feather out of peg 14. In a very tactical match it was a well timed push in the final hour that secured the victory. As nobody else caught, 2nd place was decided by a blind draw!8 fished and one sat in his van!

_______________________________________________________________________Congratulations to Lee in winning the last of the Winter League matches in peg 6 with a cracking Orfe. Mick Barker came 3rd in the match making him the overall Winter League champion. Colin Whithead's 1/2 ounce perch gave him the 1 point he needed for second place overall in the league.

_______________________________________________________________________Well done to Olly winning the 4th of the Winter League matches at Lane Head on what was a tough day!!

_______________________________________________________________________Congratulations to Mick Barker winning the 3rd of the winter league series from peg 15 at Lane Head. Mick now leads the league with 10 points closely followed by Nigel Ashworth on 9 points and then Colin Whitehead on 7 points.

_______________________________________________________________________The second of the winter league series was won by Nigel Ashworth in peg 14 at Lane Head.

_______________________________________________________________________Eddy Hegarty wins the first of the winter league series at Lane Head.

_______________________________________________________________________Well done today to Tony for winning at Partridge Lakes. Tony was a guest so congratulations go to Mick Gorton in winning the Chairmans Cup.

This now concludes the Summer League for 2017. Eddy Hegarty wins the league for the second successive year with Mick 'the nearly champ' Gorton in second place, again for the second year running and Nigel Ashworth in 3rd place.

_______________________________________________________________________Nigel Ashworth wins the Arthur Cooper Memorial Shield which was held on Whitmore's East Lake. This becomes the highest weight of the year so far.

With only one match now remaining, Eddy Hegarty has an unassailable lead in the league and will become the Club Champion for the second year running! Congratulations go to Eddy!

________________________________________________________________________Congratulations to John Billington & Roy Ashworth in winning the Bob Harris Pairs Trophy at Lane Head with a combined weight of 27lb 10oz.________________________________________________________________________In a very close match, WVAS managed to win the 2nd leg of the 'Home & Away' challenge matches against Rochdale Waltons at Lane Head.John Billington had the best weight on the day taking maximum points for Rochdale Waltons.

Over the two legs, WVAS emerged as the winners, 144 points to 128.

________________________________________________________________________Eddy Hegarty wins the Homewaters cup. Bites were few and far between in peg 1 but then this superb mirror turned up!!

________________________________________________________________________The second of the 3 hour evening matches on the 12th July was won by Craig Gorton with a weight of 13lb 9oz from peg 1.

________________________________________________________________________WVAS have a slender lead after the first leg of the 'Home & Away' challenge matches against Rochdale Waltons at their Healey Dell pond.Craig Howarth took maximum points for WVAS with top weight on the day.WVAS lead 74 to 62 points.

________________________________________________________________________Another win for Eddy Hegarty at Bradshaws with a cracking weight of 71lb 2oz, winning the Rudyard Cup. (Unfortunately he fell asleep for the photo!)